u/RepulsiveExternal684

Hi everyone!

Today I got the results of a swab test from my lip, and it turns out Candida was found. My dermatologist did say we still don’t know for sure if that’s actually the cause of my persistent exfoliative cheilitis. Apparently a lot of people carry Candida anyway (I didn’t know that).

Does anyone here have experience with this? My dermatologist says I should soak the crusts off my lips and then apply antifungal cream, and I’ll also be taking pills against the Candida. My lips look pretty severe right now, but I probably could remove the crusts.

What do you guys think is the best thing to do? Putting antifungal cream on top of the crusts doesn’t seem very effective to me either.